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The DeFi Kingdoms X page has apparently been hacked promoting what appears to be a phishing website. In an X post on Jan. 9, an account for DFK Chain, an Avalanche Subnet crafted for DeFi Kingdoms, said that the play-to-earn game’s X account fell victim to a hacker attack, leading to the publishing of phishing links. DFK TWITTER @DeFiKingdoms IS COMPROMISED. PLEASE DO NOT FOLLOW ANY LINKS FROM THE DFK TWITTER. We are working on a resolution. — DFK Chain (@dfkchain) January 8, 2024 While the exact method of compromising the account remains unclear, @DreamerDFK, the president of Kingdom Studios, disclosed in a separate post that the security breach was related to an X security issue, distinct from DFK Chain and its Discord. You might also like: Code4arena X account compromised, used for Paradigm endorsed phishing scam It’s just Twitter, no source code, discord, or other channels have been compromised , this is an X security issue, not #DFK related. — Dreamer (@Dreame

Flare, a layer-1 platform that gives developers access to high-integrity data from other chains, has partnered with Avascan Block Explorer to launch Flarescan, a blockchain explorer for the Flare ecosystem. Flare partners with the Avascan team Flarescan would provide users and developers with an enhanced, user-friendly data experience on flarescan.com and on the Routescan block explorer platform as an ecosystem explorer. As a block explorer and analytics platform for the Flare ecosystem, which includes the Flare and Songbird mainnets and the Coston and Coston2 testnets, the fully integrated Flarescan would allow users access to a wide range of data. The data includes all the activities on the C-Chain, the histories of addresses, the flow of transactions, and the tokens available in the network. For developers, Flarescan would provide access to the C-Chain, the blockchain activity layer, and the P-Chain, the token staking layer. The platform is designed to visualize data, providi

Dr. Emin Gün Sirer, who leads the development of the Avalanche protocol, is set to testify before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. Computer scientist and key developer of the Avalanche protocol, Dr. Emin Gün Sirer, is poised to testify before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. The announcement was first revealed via a tweet, and Sirer himself later confirmed this, expressing gratitude for the opportunity on his own Twitter feed. My written testimony for the House Financial Services Committee hearing on blockchains and the future of digital assets is now public. You can read it to preview what I’ll say and live stream the hearing at 2 p.m. ET tomorrow here:https://t.co/bv2pWTwCVT https://t.co/dtRlBmuN4F — Emin Gün Sirer (@el33th4xor) June 12, 2023 Sirer’s testimony comes at a time when legislative understanding of cryptocurrencies and their underlying technologies is paramount. His experience and knowledge will provide policymakers with valuable insights in